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Bully

Documentary


 

A documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across America.

We know the endemic nature of the issue and we know the damaging consequences, yet still kids are expected to stand up to bullies on their own. "Bully" personalises the problem by showing how it is often brushed over, dismissed, tolerated or explained away. It's damning that we might look, rather than stare down, the torment meted out on children by their peers. The film-maker powerfully models change that's needed by reporting concern and evidence around one of the film's subjects, standing up for, and standing with, one boy. Olly olly oxen free...

Anne Murphy

MIFF 2012
98 mins




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